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Ministry of Steel
Policy to Increase Export of Steel
Export incentive schemes of Ministry of Commerce & Industry are aimed at incentivising merchandise exports including steel. Over the last three years, steel imports from China have come down from 2.163 Million MT to 1.562 Million MT. This is a result of imposition of Antidumping and Countervailing measures on Chinese steel imports.
Steel being a deregulated sector, specific decision on recruitment of employees in private steel sector is taken by individual steel companies/investors on the basis of their requirement. In the case of Steel Authority of India Limited  and Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited , Steel PSUs, in the last three years and current year regular employment to about 4067 people have been provided.
This Information was given by the Union Minister for Steel Shri Dharmendra Pradhan in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Mr Tran Van Tuy meets Mr K. V. Eapen, discusses India-Vietnam collaboration in e-Governance
Mr Tran Van Tuy, Member, Central Party Committee and Deputy Head of the Party’s Central Committee’s Commission for Organization met Shri K. V. Eapen, Secretary Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances and discussed India-Vietnam collaboration in e-Governance. Mr Tran Van Tuy, heading an 8-member Vietnam delegation to India, discussed the administrative reforms policies being pursued in India. He also discussed the public grievance redressal mechanisms being adopted.
Shri K.V. Eapen briefed Mr Tran Van Tuy about the Government’s policy of “Minimum Government-Maximum Governance” which sought to ease citizen’s interface with Government by adopting digitalization practices. He said that the Department of Administrative Reforms conducts the annual e-Governance National Conference where awards on conferred on the best innovations in e-Governance, for improving the standard of services rendered to the common man. This year, one of the awardees was “Umang” a mobile application which hosted several digital services. The DARPG Secretary said that India’s e-Governance model reduced corruption and brought transparency to governance systems. Both officials agreed that it was necessary for India and Vietnam to adopt e-Governance practices.
Mr Tran Van Tuy said that as a follow-up to today’s discussions, a delegation of Vietnamese officials would be sent to India to study the innovative approaches to e-Governance and develop further collaboration.
The meeting was attended by Shri V. Srinivas, Additional Secretary, DARPG, senior officials of the Department and the Ambassador of Vietnam to India.
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Chitrangada Singh, Reema Kagti and Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, along with other filmmakers, to represent their films at the Open Air Screenings of Sports Biopics at IFFI 2018
~Six Indian Sports Biopics - Gold, Mary Kom, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, 1983, MSD: The Untold Story and Soorma will be screened at the 49th IFFI as an extension of the Khelo India initiative~
~The sports biopics will be screened at Open Air Screenings open for public at Jogger’s Park in Altinho, Panjim~
GOA, 11th NOVEMBER 2018:
The 49th International Film Festival of India  aims to celebrate sports and recognise the contribution of Indian sportspersons, as an extension of Khelo India initiative.
The international film extravaganza will see Open Air Screenings as a part of the festival where films of the sports genre will be played on a large screen put up in a vast open area.
This section features six Indian films that are based on the genre of sports biopics - Gold, Mary Kom, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, 1983, MSD: The untold story and Soorma.
Presence of stars for the Open Air screening
The occasion will also witness the presence of the cast and crew of the films. In addition to Akshay Kumar who will be present for the opening ceremony, stars like Chitrangada Singh and Shaad Ali, Producer and Director respectively, Soorma; Reema Kagti, Director, Gold; Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Director, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag: Abrid Shine, Director, 1983; will be present for the screening.
The chosen venue for this will be Joggers’ Park in Altinho, Panjim; and will be open to cine lovers and general public of all ages. This will also be a non-ticketed event.
Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
Blending of Ethanol extracted from Agro Products
The Government has taken several initiatives during the last few years for promoting the use of biofuel and the National Policy on Biofuels-2018 notified by the Government in 2018 was one of the important steps in this direction. This policy expanded the scope of raw material for ethanol production by allowing use of Sugarcane Juice, Sugar containing materials like sugar beet, sweet sorghum, starch containing materials like corn, cassava, damaged food grains like wheat, broken rice, rotten potatoes, unfit for human consumption for ethanol production. The policy also allows the use of surplus food grains for production of ethanol for blending with petrol with the approval of National Biofuel Coordination Committee . The NBCC has allowed the use of surplus rice available with the Food Corporation of India  & maize for production of ethanol.
The feedstock used for production of ethanol is primarily agro based and any increase in the production of ethanol would directly increase the income of the farmers. Further, in order to increase production of ethanol, Department of Food and Public Distribution  has notified schemes for extending financial assistance to project proponents for enhancement of their ethanol distillation capacity by setting up of new distilleries/expansion of existing distilleries/installation of Zero Liquid Discharge  system and Molecular Sieve Dehydration  Column, etc. for which interest subvention @ 6% per annum or 50% of the actual rate of interest charged by lending institutions whichever is lower on the loans advanced by Banks/NCDC/IREDA/NBFCs and any other financial institutions. So far a total of Rs. 4687 crore has been earmarked towards payment of interest subvention under these schemes.
This information was given by the Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
Prime Minister's Office
A US Congressional delegation of nine Senators led by Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer calls on Prime Minister Narendra Modi
PM appreciates the consistent and bipartisan support of the US Congress for deepening India-US ties
PM recalls his recent phone call with President Biden and the shared vision of the two leaders for further elevating India-US Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership
PM and the US delegation recognize shared democratic values, robust bilateral cooperation, strong people-to-people ties and vibrant Indian community in the US as strong pillars anchoring the bilateral strategic partnership
PM discusses with the US delegation new opportunities for consolidating the India-US ties
A US Congressional delegation of nine Senators led by Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer called on Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today. The delegation included Senator Ron Wyden, Senator Jack Reed, Senator Maria Cantwell, Senator Amy Klobuchar, Senator Mark Warner, Senator Gary Peters, Senator Catherine Cortez Masto and Senator Peter Welch.
Prime Minister welcomed the Congressional delegation to India and appreciated the consistent and bipartisan support of the US Congress for deepening India-US bilateral ties. Prime Minister referred to his recent phone call with President Joseph Biden and the shared vision of the two leaders for further elevating India-US Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership to address contemporary global challenges.
Prime Minister and the US delegation recognized the shared democratic values, robust bilateral cooperation, strong people-to-people ties and the vibrant Indian community in the US as strong pillars anchoring the bilateral strategic partnership.
Prime Minister discussed with the US delegation new opportunities for consolidating the India-US ties in critical technologies, clean energy transition, joint development and production, and trusted and resilient supplies chains.
Ministry of Power
Energy Storage Technology with Off-Grid and Decentralized Solar PV Application Programme
Research & development in the field of renewable energy including energy storage technology in the country is carried out at various research institutes/ universities/laboratories and industries. A National Centre of Photovoltaic and Research and Education  at IIT Bombay has developed Lithium ion and Sodium ion batteries.
Off-grid and Decentralized Solar PV Applications Programme provided financial support, primarily to public service institutions, for installation of battery backed off-grid solar power plants/ packs. Till date, 216.9 MWp capacity of these plants has been installed under the Programme
This information was given by Shri R. K Singh, Union Minister for Power and New and Renewable Energy in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
DPIIT and Govt. of Gujarat jointly launch ‘One District One Product’ Wall at Garvi Gujarat Bhawan today
Collaboration to promote indigenous crafts and artisans of Gujarat
One District One Product  program, an initiative under the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade , Ministry of Commerce & Industry, launched its first collaboration with the Government of Gujarat in New Delhi to promote the indigenous crafts and artisans of the State. Smt. Manmeet Nanda, Joint Secretary, DPIIT, and Smt. Arti Kanwar, Resident Commissioner and Secretary  Finance Department, Government of Gujarat jointly inaugurated the ODOP Wall at Garvi Gujarat Bhawan today.
Gujarat, with its 33 districts, exemplifies the vast geographic coverage and potential for diverse products across the state. ODOP-Gujarat features a rich collection of 68 unique products, ranging from traditional crafts like Gamthi Block print and Mata-ni-Pachedi to agricultural goods such as groundnuts and cumin.
In a significant collaboration, ODOP has partnered with the Government of Gujarat to implement product tagging and story cards, enhancing the promotion and recognition of Gujarat's unique products. This collaboration aims to drive consumers towards emporia, boosting sales and increasing the visibility of Gujarat's products at the national level. Garvi Gujarat Bhawan has integrated ODOP products into its interiors to better showcase Gujarat handicrafts.
ODOP interventions in Gujarat have been, specifically focused on certain products to enhance their market presence. For example, Government e-Marketplace  onboarding drives have been conducted for Sujani Handloom, Jamnagari Bandhini, and Patan Patola. Additionally, support from the National Institute of Design  workshop has been provided for Agate Stone in Khambat district and Sujani from Bharuch district.
The ODOP initiative aims at manifesting the vision of the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi to make the country and its people self-reliant by fostering balanced regional development across all districts of the country. The program selects, brands, and promotes one unique product from each district, showcasing the diverse range of products across the country which encompasses various sectors, including handlooms and handicrafts. To better realize this aim, the ODOP team has been joining forces with other government and private players working in this direction to reach a larger audience.
Ministry of Finance
Income Tax Department conducts searches in West Bengal
The Income Tax Department carried out search and seizure operations on 16.11.2021 on a prominent Kolkata based group engaged in manufacturing of cement and real estate. The search action covered 24 premises spread over Kolkata, Delhi and places in the states of Assam and Meghalaya.
A large number of incriminating evidences in the form of documents and digital data showing evasion of huge amount of unaccounted income of the group have been found and seized. These evidences indicate evasion of taxable income adopting various malpractices such as, suppression of production, unaccounted and under-invoicing of sales, inflation of cost of purchases using bogus parties and unaccounted expenditure incurred in cash. Evidence of receipt of on-money in cash on sale of flats, by a group concern, has also been unearthed. Further analysis of seized evidences reveals that many paper companies are run by the group to provide accommodation entries to its flagship concern.
During the search proceedings, incriminating evidences containing transaction of unexplained unsecured loans, bogus commission paid, and unsubstantiated share capital and share premium received through shell companies, have also been found and seized.
Firms of the group were also found to be run in the names of persons/employees who are persons of small means. While these employees were earning meagre salaries, payments running into crores of rupees were being made to such firms. These firms are found to be operating from the factory premise of the group.
The search action has resulted in seizure of unaccounted cash of Rs. 1.30 crore. 6 bank lockers have been placed under restraint. The search action, so far, has led to detection of total unaccounted income around Rs. 200 crore.
Further investigations are in progress.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 96.43 Cr
More than 50.63 Lakh doses administered in the last 24 hours
Recovery Rate currently at 98.06%; Highest since March 2020
15,823 New Cases reported in the last 24 hours
India's Active Caseload  is 0.61% of Total Cases
Weekly Positivity Rate  less than 3% for last 110 days
With the administration of 50,63,845 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage exceeded 96.43 Cr  as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 94,26,400 sessions.
The break-up of the cumulative figureas per the provisional report till 7 am today include:
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|
HCWs
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|
1st Dose
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|
1,03,75,524
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|
2nd Dose
|
|
90,48,454
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|
FLWs
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
1,83,59,830
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|
2nd Dose
|
|
1,54,29,462
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Age Group 18-44 years
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
38,88,20,662
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|
2nd Dose
|
|
10,57,49,264
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Age Group 45-59 years
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
16,66,74,343
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|
2nd Dose
|
|
8,44,42,796
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Over 60 years
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|
1st Dose
|
|
10,51,47,025
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|
2nd Dose
|
|
6,03,31,852
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|
Total
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|
96,43,79,212
The recovery of 22,844 patients in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally of recovered patients  to 3,33,42,901.
Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.06%. Recovery Rate is currently at its highest peak since March 2020.
Sustained and collaborative efforts by the Centre and the States/UTs continue the trend of less than 50,000 Daily New Cases that is being reported for 108 consecutive days now.
15,823 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.
The Active Caseload is presently 2,07,653, which is the lowest in 214 days.Active cases presently constitute 0.61% of the country's total Positive Cases.
The testing capacity across the country continues to be expanded. The last 24 hours saw a total of
13,25,399 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 58.63 Cr  cumulative tests.
While testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, Weekly Positivity Rate at 1.46% remains less than 3% for the last 110 days now. The Daily Positivity rate reported to be1.19%. The daily Positivity rate has remained below3% for last 44 days and below 5% for 127 consecutive days now.
Ministry of Defence
CREATING NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE ON THE BORDERS
The Government is fully seized of the security needs of the country and reviews the same from time to time. Required measures including development of infrastructure like construction of roads, tunnels and strategic railway lines are taken to safeguard the sovereignty, territorial integrity and security of India. As per the operational requirement of Armed Forces and the need for development along border areas, road construction is taken up by Border Roads Organisation . Amongst these, 73 critical roads have been designated as Indo-China Border Roads of 4203 kilometers length and are being accorded highest priority with dedicated funding. Further, to ensure all weather connectivity to far flung areas, construction of tunnels has also been undertaken across passes. Currently, construction of four tunnels is underway.
Infrastructure development in Uttarakhand is being holistically executed with budgetary support from Ministry of Defence, MHA, State PWD and Central projects like Bharatmala and Chardham. As on date, 21 roads with a length of approximately 800 kilometers are being constructed/upgraded by BRO over and above certain roads being constructed by State PWD.
This information was given by Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Ajay Bhatt in a written reply to Shri Naresh Bansal in Rajya Sabha today.
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
COVID - 19 Vaccination Update - Day 535
India’s cumulative vaccination coverage crosses 198 Crore landmark milestone
More than 10 lakh Vaccine doses administered today till 7 pm
India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 198 Crore  landmark milestone today. More than 10 lakh  Vaccine Doses have been administered till 7 pm today. The daily vaccination tally is expected to increase with the compilation of the final reports for the day by late tonight.
The cumulative coverage of vaccine doses, segregated based on population priority groups, is as follows:
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Cumulative Vaccine Dose Coverage
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HCWs
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1st Dose
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10409191
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|
2nd Dose
|
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10067993
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|
Precaution Dose
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5758397
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FLWs
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1st Dose
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18424608
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2nd Dose
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17630495
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Precaution Dose
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10494571
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Age Group 12-14 years
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1st Dose
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36988142
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|
|
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2nd Dose
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24135973
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Age Group 15-18 years
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1st Dose
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60545157
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|
|
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2nd Dose
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49113939
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Age Group 18-44 years
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|
1st Dose
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558386200
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|
2nd Dose
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|
502487923
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|
Precaution Dose
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3319256
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Age Group 45-59 years
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|
1st Dose
|
|
203469958
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|
2nd Dose
|
|
193704654
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|
Precaution Dose
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|
2738734
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|
Over 60 years
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
127282661
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|
2nd Dose
|
|
121005286
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|
Precaution Dose
|
|
24886842
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Cumulative 1st dose administered
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1015505917
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Cumulative 2nd dose administered
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918146263
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Precaution Dose
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|
47197800
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Total
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1980849980
Today’s achievement in the vaccination exercise, segregated by population priority groups, is as follows:
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Date: 4th July, 2022 
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HCWs
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1st Dose
|
|
63
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|
2nd Dose
|
|
437
|
|
Precaution Dose
|
|
13123
|
|
FLWs
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
140
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|
2nd Dose
|
|
888
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|
Precaution Dose
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|
57554
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|
Age Group 12-14 years
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
74330
|
|
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
149823
|
|
Age Group 15-18 years
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
25366
|
|
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
73389
|
|
Age Group 18-44 years
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
28148
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
221022
|
|
Precaution Dose
|
|
77479
|
|
Age Group 45-59 years
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
4504
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
47715
|
|
Precaution Dose
|
|
36823
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|
Over 60 years
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
4466
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
32745
|
|
Precaution Dose
|
|
161742
|
|
Cumulative 1st dose administered
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|
137017
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|
Cumulative 2nd dose administered
|
|
526019
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|
Precaution Dose
|
|
346721
|
|
Total
|
|
1009757
The vaccination exercise as a tool to protect the most vulnerable population groups in the country from COVID-19 continues to be regularly reviewed and monitored at the highest level.
PIB Headquarters
15.6 Kg of Khat leaves worth Rs.40 Lakhs seized by Chennai Air Customs at Foreign Post Office
Based on information that some narcotics drug is likely to be smuggled through postal parcel arriving from Africa, the Postal Intelligence Unit of Air Customs detained one parcel at Foreign Post Office Chennai which had arrived from Addis Ababa . As the suspect parcel was not carrying any declaration about the contents it was taken up for examination. On opening the parcel 8 packets wrapped in silver/pink metallic gift wrap paper were found inside. Further, on opening the gift wrap paper pink polythene bags were find inside in which green coloured dried leaves suspected to be ‘Khat leaves’ were present. Total 15.6 Kg of dried leaves suspected to be Khat leaves valued at Rs.40 lakhs were recovered and same were seized under the NDPS Act 1985. Khat  also known as Miraa is a stimulant drug and is prohibited under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. Samples of Khat leaves have been sent to laboratory for confirmatory test.
The postal parcel which had arrived from Addis Ababa  was consigned to a Chennai. City based address. Search was carried out at the consignee address but it was found to be fake. Chennai has a sizeable population of African students and some may be addicted to Khat.
Khat is an evergreen shrub mainly cultivated in East Africa and South Yemen. It contains alkaloids cathinone and Cathine, amphetamine like stimulants, which cause euphoria. Khat is mainly chewed for its soporific effect but some boil it in water and drink it like tea and has a dependence producing ability.
Earlier in May 2018 we had seized one postal parcel which had arrived from Kenya containing 7.9 Kg of Khat leaves at FPO.
Further investigation is in progress, according to a press release issued by Commissioner of Customs, Chennai International Airport.
Ministry of Communications
TRAI issues direction for deploying Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning based UCC_Detect system under TCCCPR, 2018
TRAI has directed all Access Providers to deploy Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning based UCC_Detect system to detect, identify and act against senders of Commercial Communication who are not registered in accordance with the provisions of Telecom Commercial Communication Customer Preference Regulations, 2018 . The entities who do not get registered with the Access Providers and use 10 digits mobile numbers for sending commercial communications through messages or calls are called Unregistered Telemarketers .
TRAI has been taking various steps to curb Unsolicited Commercial Communication  which is a major source of inconvenience to the public. It has resulted in reduction in complaints against Registered Telemarketers . Despite measures taken by the TSPs, UCC from Unregistered Telemarketers  is still continuing. At times these UTMs through messages having fraudulent links and telephone numbers trap the customers into sharing of their critical information causing financial loss to the customers.
To detect, identify and act against all such Unregistered Telemarketers , the TRAI has been insisting Access Service Providers to implement UCC_Detect System with requisite functionalities within the framework of TRAI’s Telecom Commercial Communication Customer Preference Regulations, 2018 . Access Service providers have implemented such detect system as per their suitability and feasibility. However, since the UTMs are continuously evolving new techniques to send unsolicited communications and the current UCC detect systems deployed by the Access Service providers are not fully capable to detect such UCC.
Therefore, in order to have uniformity of UCC_ Detect System implementations, TRAI has directed all Access Providers to deploy Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning based UCC_Detect system capable of constantly evolving to deal with new signatures, new patterns and new techniques used by UTMs. Access Providers have also been directed to share intelligence with other Access Providers using DLT platform. Access Providers have further been directed to ensure that such UCC_Detect System shall detect senders who are sending Unsolicited Commercial Communications in bulk and not complying with the provisions of the regulations. All the Access Providers are directed to comply with the above directions and forward an updated status on actions taken within thirty days.
For any clarification/information Shri Jaipal Singh Tomar, Advisor  TRAI may be contacted at Tel. No. 011-23230404.